Design, setting and participants There were 48 players from the 2009 and 2010 national teams; mean age, 25.1 years; mean height, 188.7 cm, mean weight, 81.9 kg; mean length of career as a volleyball ...

Japan, the second-ranked team in the world, faced off against 11th-ranked Germany to get the tournament started in Pool B. In an eye-popping upset to begin the men’s volleyball slate at the Paris ...

In the decisive fifth set, they dominated Japan to seal up their first victory in Olympic men’s volleyball since the 2012 London Games. In the first set, Germany launched a 7-0 run early in the first ...